The Constitution March tabs - Norman Blake Chords

How to Play "The Constitution March" Guitar tabs

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Here's a flatpicking arrangement that I transcribed from a cassette I
recorded at a June 1994 Norman Blake guitar workshop. It's a fiddle tune
called "The Constitution March." Capo at the second or third fret and play
it with with a loose right hand, not too fast. This one's fairly typical of
a lot of the stuff Norman plays these days - a very "tuneful" piece with a
certain amount of melodic and harmonic "unexpectedness."

*
* is a repeat symbol. Each | above the staff marks the passage of one (4/4)
beat.

The chords -0- like in measure 17, etc., are strummed.
           -1-
           -0-
           -2-

TAB: The Constitution March, arr. Norman Blake, TAB by Bo Parker,
Bo.Parker@msfc.nasa.gov

Pickup measure

  |   |   |   |
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------------0---|
|---------------3-| |-----------------| |-----------------| Part A C F 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 4 | | | | |-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|-1-0-------------| |-----------------|-1---1-3-1-------|-----------------|-----3-1-1-------| |*----0---0---0-2-|-----------2-0---|-----0---0-------|---------0/2---0-| |*2---------------|---------------3-|-2---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| _1_________________ C G | C 5 | | | | 6 | | | | 7 | | | | 8 | | | | |-----------------|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------| |-----------------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------| |-----0---0---0-2-|-----------------|-----0-2-0-------|-------------0--*| |-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| _2_________________ | C 16| | | | |-------0---------| |-3-1-3---1-------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| |-----------------| Part B C G C G C F 17| | | | 18 | | | | 19 | | | | 20 | | | | |-0---3-------0---|---------0-------|-0---3-------0---|-1-0-------------| |-1-------3-------|-1---1-3---3-1---|-1-------3-------|-----3-1-1-------| |*0-------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|---------0/2-----| |*2-------0-------|-2---------------|-2-------0-------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C G C G C 21| | | | 22 | | | | 23 | | | | 24 | | | | |-0---3-------0---|-------------0-2-|-3-----------0---|-------0---------| |-1-------3-------|-1---1-3-1-3-----|-----------------|-3-1-3---1-------| |-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-----0-2-0-------|----------------*| |-2-------0-------|-2---------------|-----------------|----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


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